Grace Smith Trio’s ‘Overleaf’ takes British folk down exciting and unexpected new paths – a captivating instrumental tour-de-force from three outstanding young musicians.

Award-winning folk trio Lau bring their jubilant Lau-Land festival back to Edinburgh’s Summerhall and The Queen’s Hall this Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October for another open-hearted celebration of music, community and the artists who inspire them.

While Victoria Bailey may not be a widely known name, with her excellent playing and from-the-heart songs, A Cowgirl Rides On should go a long way to remedying that.

Our Song of the Day comes from Buck Curran & Adele H with a beautiful cover of Bruce Cockburn’s 13th Mountain, taken from his debut album, released in 1970.

Despite the complex subject matter of Haunted Mountain, Jolie Holland refuses to look away and finds the connective tissue that creates moments of sonic splendour.

The Monday Morning Brew #20 features Riccardo Ferrara, Myriam Gendron, Julianna Riolino, Lia Ices, Anna Tivel, Shannon Lay, athos, Natalie Jane Hill, Catchthehare, Hilda Ruijs, Ross Gay & Sam Gendel, Doom Folk Starterkit, Gustavo Infante, Scott William Urquhart, Gabriel Birnbaum, Cimiotti, Luray, Aurora Birch, Constant Follower.

Featuring Chris Brain, Melrose Quartet, Catrin Finch and Aoife Ní Bhriain, Frankie Archer, Daniel Bachman, Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz, The Rosie Hood Band, Allysen Callery, Grace Smith Trio, J ason Singh & The Banwasi Collective, Eliza Carthy Trio, Lal Waterson and more.

Curated by UK guitarist, singer, and songwriter Henry Parker, Tompkins Square announce Imaginational Anthem vol. XII: I Thought I Told You – A Yorkshire Tribute to Michael Chapman and share Parker’s own cover of ‘In the Valley’.

Full Metal Jacket, the new single from Ruth Theodore’s eagerly awaited new album, is a snowball of a song which “has subliminally been gaining momentum my whole life”. Watch the accompanying video, and don’t miss her November UK Tour dates.

Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and multi-award-winning traditional and classical violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain share their new single and video ‘Woven’. It’s taken from their forthcoming album ‘Double You’, a Folk Radio Featured Album of the Month.

Chris Brain’s ‘Steady Away’ is an introspective and reflective offering. Intelligently written and considerately handled, it’s everything a second album should be; an excellent album by a musician really starting to bloom.

Magg Tekki, is the debut offering from the Senegalese drum and vocal orchestra Assiko Golden Band de Grand Yoff, a collaboration with Swedish musician and archivist Karl-Jonas Winqvist. Listen to their new single, “La Musique de Cœur”. It’s pure joy!